A GUIDE TO FAMILY DEVOTIONS

1. Decide on a specific time preferably in the evening before the family goes to bed.
2. Every evening if possible, one half hour to 45 minutes.
3. The family should be in a room where there is good lighting
4. Open with a Hymn or children's song.
5. Prayer
6. Have the family members repeat the 23rd Psalm, a sentence at a time, the Beatitudes, Matthew 5:3-12.
7. Each member repeat the Books of the Bible 3 or 4 times until they are learned.
8. Read a Bible story to the children (A special Bible story book for children is good.)
9. Each member of the family is to kneel down and prey.
10. Two or three time a week, spend some time teaching the children right values: putting God first, obedience to parents and teachers, respect for other people, and show love and kindness to others.